Elements of Logic: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the Encyclopædia MetropolitanaSheldon & Company, 1871 |
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Page 400 - By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death ; and was not found, because GOD had translated him : for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased GOD. But without faith it is impossible to please Him : for he that cometh to GOD must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
Page 400 - Which of you convinceth me of sin ? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words : ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Page 92 - No term must be distributed in the conclusion which was not distributed in one of the premises...
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Page 188 - Sophistry, like poison, is at once detected, and nauseated when presented to us in a concentrated form; but a Fallacy which when stated barely, in a few sentences, would not deceive a child, may deceive half the world if diluted in a quarto volume.
Page 332 - In former times men knew by experience, that the earth stands still, and the sun rises and sets. Common-sense taught them that there could be no antipodes, since men could not stand with their heads downwards, like flies on the ceiling. Experience taught the King of Bantam that water could not become solid. And (to come to the...
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Page 288 - Mathematics, very complex ; requiring so much more than that does, beyond the process of merely deducing the conclusion Logically from the Premises : so that it is no wonder that the longest Mathematical demonstration should be so much more easily constructed and understood, than a much shorter train of just Reasoning concerning real facts. The former has been aptly compared to a long and steep, but even and regular flight of steps, which tries the breath, and the strength, and the perseverance only...